What did Stephen Spender mean by: Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. - Stephen Spender Poet · England Copy
+ Never allow gradually the traffic to smother with noise and fog the flowering of the spirit. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Stephen Spender, Fog, Noise, Spirit, 0 - Stephen Spender Poet · England
+ No one Shall hunger: Man shall spend equally. Our goal which we compel: Man shall be man. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Stephen Spender, Goal, Hunger, 0 - Stephen Spender Poet · England
+ For I had expected always Some brightness to hold in trust, Some final innocence To save from dust Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Stephen Spender, Dust, Finals, Hope, 0 - Stephen Spender Poet · England
+ Whatever happens, I shall never be alone, I shall always have a fare, an affair, or a revolution. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Stephen Spender, Affair, Revolution, 0 - Stephen Spender Poet · England
+ There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife – a tyrannical midwife. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Stephen Spender, Criticism, Justice, 0 - Stephen Spender Poet · England
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic. - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
What raises great poetry above all else–it is the entire person and also the entire world. - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
